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H. M. MIXTER. MI-NERS GANDLESTIGK.

No. 410,802. Patented Sept. 10, 1889 WIT 8E8: llVVE/VTOR:

By MAMA u ATTORNEYS.

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H. M. MIXTER. MINERS GANDLESTIGK.

N6. 410,802. Patented Sept. 10, 1889.

W/ 8858: IIVVEIVTOR:

ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY M. MIXTER, OF EMPIRE, MONTANA TERRITORY, ASSIGN OR OF ONE- HALF TO ALEXANDER A.

ELGE, OF SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 410,802, dated September 10, 1889.

Application filed February 9, 1339.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, HENRY M. MIXTER, of Empire, in the county of Lewis and Clarke and Territory of Montana, have invented a new and Improved Miners Candlestick, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the annexed drawings, forming a part thereof, in which Figure 1 is a perspective View of the front side of my improved miners candlestick. Fig. 2 is a plan view, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view, of the rear side.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

The object of my invention is to provide a miners candlestick, which may be supported by thrusting its point into the earth or into a crevice in the rock, or by hooking it upon the wall of the mine.

My object, also, is further to provide, in combination with the candlestick, a nipper for pressing caps upon fuses.

My invention consists in the combination, with a pointed bar having a loop-handle at one end, of a spring-socket for receiving a candle, a nipper for compressing the caps upon fuses, and a hook and claw for attaching the candlestick to the wall of a mine, all as hereinafter more fully described.

The body of the candlestick is formed of the bar A, provided at one end with a point a and at the opposite end with a loop-handle 1). One side of the bar A is furnished with a nipper-jaw 0, provided with a concave edge d. To the bar A is fitted a head B, provided with a clamping-screw e for fastening it upon the bar A. A spring-loop f is formed inte grally with the .head B, and provided with a thumb-piece g for expanding it for receiving a candle. The upper part of the head B is provided with a curved pointed hook it, the point of which extends at right angles to the plane of the bar A. The lower part of the head B is furnished with claws 4', which extend in the same direction as the hook h, and which serve, in conjunction with the hook, to support and steady the candlestick upon the wall of the mine. The lower side of the head B is provided with ears j, be-

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tween which is pivoted an ear 7c of the nip- 5o per-lever C. The nipper-lever C is provided with a jaw c, which antagonizes the jaw o,

and is furnished with a concave edge d, corresponding with the edge (1 of the opposite jaw. The extremity of the nipper-lever C nearest the loop-handle b is provided with a stud Z, which extends through a mortise m in the barA to guide the said jaw. This end of the lever C is also provided with a ring 11 for receiving the finger by which the nipper is operated. The opposite end of the nipperlever is prolonged to form a stop 0, which strikes the under surface of the bar A when the nipper-jaws are open. This stop 0 has its end flattened and can be used as a screwdriver.

The candle is inserted in the loop f by springing back the thumb-piece g.

The candlestick is supported by inserting the point a in the earth or in acrevice in the wall of the mine, or by bringing the hook h into engagement with some projection of the Wall and allowing the claws z" to engage the surface of the wall.

The nipper is used by placing the cap upon the end of the fuse, inserting the cap between the jaws c c, and bringing their concave edges to bear upon the cap so as to compress it upon the fuse.

Having thus described my invention, I claim So as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a miners candlestick, the combination, with a pointed bar provided with a handle, of a head detachably secured on the bar a short distance from the handle and provided with the spring-loop f, the hook h, and the claws '6, substantially as described.

2. In a miners candlestick, the combination, with a pointed bar provided with a handle at one end and a jaw on its under side, of a head detachably secured on the bar and provided with a candle-loop and a hook and claws, and a nipper-lever pivoted to the head, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. In a miners candlestick, the combina tion, with the pointed bar A, provided with the loop-handle b, the mortise m, and the jaw c, of the head B, provided with the spring- 100p f, the hook h, the claws I: and QLl'Sj, mid thenipper-lever (1, furnished with the jaw e, the nipper-iever G, furnished with the jaw 0 fhe stud 7, and ring 71, substantially as Speei- 10 and stud Z, substantially as specified. F fled.

4-. In a miners candlestick, the combina- 5 lion, with the pointed bar A, provided with the loop-handle I), the mortise m, and the jaw c, of the head B, provided with the spring- 1001) f, the hook 71, the claws '2 and em's j, and

HENRY M. MIX'IER.

\Vifnesses:

'JIIEODORE SHED, ALBERT G. 'lURNER. 

